The Expendables helps ITV deliver 840,000 impacts

The opening of 'The Expendables' at the cinema last weekend helped a new ad for ITV deliver 840,000 impacts including previews, according to estimated figures from Digital Cinema Media.

The spot promotes a new version of the famous 1970s incest drama ‘Bouquet of Barbed Wire’ for ITV1. The drama charts the consequences of a man’s obsessive love for his daughter, with a cast headed by actor Trevor Eve who plays the father.

The ad was created in-house by ITV Creative with media planned and bought by Mindshare.

‘The Expendables’, the action film starring Mickey Rourke, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and directed by Sylvester Stallone, grossed £3.9m in its first weekend.

Angelina Jolie’s new gun-toting blockbuster ‘Salt’ pulled in 442,187 impacts and £2,166,715. ‘Toy Story 3’ held its ground as the most popular non new release, which has delivered a combined total of 12,769,683 impacts since it hits UK cinemas six weeks ago.

Total box office figures
Film Weekend box office Weekend impacts Total box office so far Impacts so far
The Expendables (Lionsgate)  £3,935,700 803,204.08 £3,935,700 803,204.08
Salt (Sony)  £2,166,715 442,186.73 £2,166,715 442,186.73
Toy Story 3 (Disney)  £2,107,815 421,563.00 £63,848,415 12,769,683.00
Piranha 3-D (Entertnmnt)  £1,325,324 226,551.11 £1,325,324 226,551.11
Marmaduke (20th Fox)  £1,243,789 310,947.25 £1,243,789 310,947.25
Inception (Warner)  £1,076,106 219,613.47 £31,575,347 6,443,948.37
Knight & Day (20th Fox)  £825,692 168,508.57 £7,953,038 1,623,068.98
The Last Airbender (Paramount)  £591,587 101,125.98 £3,314,618 566,601.37
Step Up 3D (Universal)  £511,366 87,412.99 £6,639,581 1,134,971.11
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Disney)  £444,112 111,028.00 £2,374,760 593,690.00
Karate Kid (Sony)  £382,276 78,015.51 £11,613,244 2,370,049.80
The A-Team (20th Fox)  £333,549 68,071.22 £9,835,019 2,007,146.73
Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore (Warner)  £194,751 38,950.20 £3,972,149 794,429.80
Tinker Bell and The Great
Fairy Rescue (Disney)
 
£182,928 45,732.00 £749,661 187,415.25
The Illusionist (Warner)  £164,950 33,663.27 £164,950 33,663.27

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